LEADER 02873nam 2200421 450 001 9910683340103321 005 20230530185400.0 010 $a9781800083646 035 $a(CKB)26476646100041 035 $a(NjHacI)9926476646100041 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926476646100041 100 $a20230530h20222023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNavigating the Cultures of Health Care and Health Insurance /$fNina Zeldes 210 1$aLondon :$cUCL Press,$d2022. 210 4$dİ2023 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 232 pages) $cillustrations (black and white) 225 0 $aCulture and health 311 $a9781800083653 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aWhat are the barriers preventing migrants from accessing and successfully utilizing health care in their new home country? Do these barriers vary across different migrant origin countries? And are they still a problem for highly skilled migrants, who often have well-paid jobs and health insurance provided by their employers? Based on field research conducted in the Washington D.C. area, Navigating the Cultures of Health Care and Health Insurance takes a mixed methods, qualitative and quantitative approach to the study of foreign patients' utilization and assessment of health care in the US. Through interviews with both health care providers and patients, attitudes towards US health insurance and medical treatment are compared for migrants from three countries with very different cultural backgrounds and health insurance systems: Germany, India and Japan. Combined with an in-depth literature review, historical and contemporary surveys of health care across countries and analysis of health-related terms in the media, the results of this research indicate that foreign patients' barriers to good health care persist despite access to health care services and insurance coverage, and reveal recurring transnational care seeking patterns, such as bringing medicines from abroad, delaying treatment for medical visits, insurance juggling and more. By describing their difficulties in integrating into the US health care system, the migrants in this study show the challenges and the potential for improvements in providing the care that migrants need in their new home. 606 $aHealth insurance$zUnited States 606 $aHealth insurance 606 $aForeign workers$zUnited States 615 0$aHealth insurance 615 0$aHealth insurance. 615 0$aForeign workers 676 $a331.620973 700 $aZeldes$b Nina$01350916 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 912 $a9910683340103321 996 $aNavigating the Cultures of Health Care and Health Insurance$93374615 997 $aUNINA